On Cats, Part 4: Enantiocats
A few weeks ago we moved away from our old neighborhood where I first saw Sawhorse Cat. However a few days ago my friend Walter
Read moreA few weeks ago we moved away from our old neighborhood where I first saw Sawhorse Cat. However a few days ago my friend Walter
Read moreLet’s recap what we’ve talked about so far. Sawhorse cat and Freaky Sawhorse cat are constitutional isocats. But Freaky Sawhorse Cat has a mirror image of
Read moreI don’t think there are that many “tricks” to doing well in organic chemistry, but there are a few. I was kind of surprised last
Read moreThis post was co-authored by Matt Pierce of Organic Chemistry Solutions. Ask Matt about scheduling an online tutoring session here. Previously on MOC we’ve described
Read moreThis post was co-authored with Matt Pierce of Organic Chemistry Solutions. Ask Matt about scheduling an online tutoring session here. In our first post on the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog (CIP)
Read moreClassification of Isomers Given that this is a long post, here’s a quick index. The concept of how molecules can be “related” Non-isomers versus isomers
Read moreThis post on how to solve “Enantiomers vs. Diastereomers vs. the Same?” problems (among other things) is a little long, so here’s a partial index.
Read moreThis post was co-authored with Matt Pierce of Organic Chemistry Solutions. Ask Matt about scheduling an online tutoring session here. In two recent posts we discussed how
Read moreQuestion: Are these molecules enantiomers, diastereomers, or the same? If you immediately recognized this as a molecule with an internal plane of symmetry (and thus
Read moreAs the title suggests, today’s post is all about optical rotation, optical activity, and specific rotation. This post was co-authored with Matt Pierce of Organic Chemistry
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